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California Quail (Callipepla californica)

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Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

Note light iris (not present in American Crow which has dark irises as an adult) and thin, triangular bill. The full photo clearly shows the long, graduated tail feathers of a Great-tailed Grackle, though it is misidentified on Getty Images.

Finally, note the location on the Getty Images page, which says this photo was taken in Cancun, where American Crow is not present but Great-tailed Grackle is.

Tumblr is unique bc like. It's collaborative shitposting and you can't opt in or out. You can just say something about your day then an evil wizard shows up to turn your post into something humorous

Every other site is just one and done, but here a post is a welcome mat to be funnier than you

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California Quail (Callipepla californica) by Stephanie Young Merzel

im tired of online discourse. look at this family of quails

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Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)

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American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)

arguably one of the funnier ways to ask for help IDing a bird

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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

stork doing its thing digital / photoshop 2025

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White-browed Bushchat (Saxicola macrorhynchus) puff-and-roll display.

It is similar in appearance to other Saxicola chats, but this species performs a striking and unique “puff-and-roll” display on the ground, whose function appears to be related to foraging but is poorly understood.

Via Birds of the World

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Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush (Monticola rufiventris)

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European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

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Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)

Blue

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Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)

the beautiful backyard migrants

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White-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii)

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White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

King of the skies ★彡𝓛𝓓ミ★

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English translation of コムクドリ - Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis)

コムクドリ

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This is a Dowitcher spp., either Short-billed or Long-billed. They aren't reliably identified in nonbreeding plumage like this without some very specific field marks (mainly tail barring and wingpit patterning), so I am unsure of which species this is.

Willet Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch Gilbert, Arizona, USA March, 2019

(more willets here, more shorebirds here)

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This appears to be a female House Sparrow with a bill deformity! This can happen due to poor diet or old injuries causing the beak to grow in wonky.

Mystery Bird (hybrid??) Red Mountain Park Mesa, Arizona, USA March, 2019

As mentioned here, I've never been able to figure out what this bird is. It seems that the crossbill is not a known mutation for birds that are not already crossbilled, so this has to be a hybrid.

Could it be a Red Crossbill x House Finch? It's got the body of a female red crossbill and the wings of a house finch. I wouldn't think the two species are close enough in the evolutionary tree to be able to produce offspring.

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So I just found out @identifyingbirdsinposts exists. Hey dude sorry for accidentally stealing your idea I didn't know you existed. 🫡 Good to see a fellow bird ID enthusiast on Tumblr!